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The importance of scope! (Advice)

A topic by HelperWesley created Nov 11, 2025 Views: 400 Replies: 12
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Jam Host

As we approach the mid-way point of the jam, it's important to start thinking about your game's scope, and what parts of your planned game could be cut out/not added if you start running out of time.

As you get closer to the end of the jam, you'll start to run into bugs/issues in your game that you never planned for. The best way to prepare for when that happens, is to know what parts of your planned game idea you can abandon and still have a "game" at the end of the jam.

Make sure to focus on the parts of your game that NEED to be in the final release, and then if you have time left after those are finished, you can add the parts that you think are the next most important for your game. 馃憤

Good luck with the remainder of the jam.

Submitted

It is my first Game AND first Game Jam.

Jam Host (1 edit)

Then you need to be extra careful, a lot of people over scope their first game. 馃槄

Good luck with your game. 馃憤

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I just realized that my game wont work at all...   馃槄馃槄馃槄馃槄馃槄馃槄

well that suck

thats my 1st game and my 1st game jame and ill be honest.i am shaking

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Submitted

Me too! All i can say is make it simple

Submitted

Thanks.

Submitted

thanks

Submitted

mines barely at toy at this point may have to scope down lol

I will admit, I am a little unsure about the scope of mine, but I was since the beginning, and for most of it, what I pushing to add are just the things needed for it to be a playable game. Not gonna lie, a bit nervous at this point because I haven鈥檛 heard from my second dev in two days, and it is going to be a crunch I feel.

Submitted

Hey, HelperWesley

Can I upload a game now, polish it and update the version before the submissions close?

Jam Host(+1)

Yes, you can edit your uploaded game as much as you need to, until the jam submission time ends.

You can also update your itch page to make it nice, and add a thumbnail and screenshots, after the jam ends as long as you don't touch your game file after the submission deadline. So don't stress about how your itch page looks, focus on the game getting uploaded before the submission date ends.